Produced by Adelaide Productions and based
on the Tristar/Centropolis rendering of Toho's classic character,
Godzilla: The Series premiered on the Fox Network
late in 1998. The series is often heralded by fans, over
its 1998 movie counterpart, for returning the title character
closer to his roots by giving Godzilla back his atomic ray
and pitting him against other monsters.

Story wise, the series starts off right where GODZILLA
(1998) ended, with the lone offspring alive after the death
of the adult. By a twist of fate, Nick Tatopoulos stumbles
upon the young creature, and Godzilla quickly forms a parental
bond with him. With the creature fully grown, Tatopoulos
forms the group HEAT to conduct research on the nuclear
leviathan, while Godzilla continues to save humanity by
fighting off a large number of hostile creatures and sometimes
organizations.

It should be noted that episodes of the show were often
premiered out of chronological order. Thankfully, the series
does not depend on major story arcs, so this was not much
of an issue; in fact, the only problematic occurrence happened
in relation to the Monster Wars trilogy of episodes, where
the monster King Cobra was featured despite the fact that
his introductory episode had yet to air.

Unfortunately, the series found a premature end, in the
midst of its second season, on April 22nd of 2000, while
two episodes of the show were never aired.